PH Losers 2020 - Anyone want to join me?
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I had my glucose and cholesterol tested back in October as part of the NHS' "You're 40 so let's check how s
te you are now..." health check. This was about 2 months after I'd started Slimming World. Glucose came out at 5.8mmol/L - the higher end of non-diabetic but still acceptable, LDL was 2.59 (should ideally be 3 or below apparently) and HDL was 1.23 (should be above 1) so thankfully also within spec. My only issue at the time was BP which was running high (unsurprising given my size back then). It's come down significantly with weight loss, better diet and exercise; my RHR Is now mid-to-low 50s, even at 20st.
Speaking of, I dropped another 1.5lbs (0.7kg) last week taking me to 20st 0.5lbs (127.2kg). I actually dipped into the teens yesterday but it's today's weigh-in that counts! 7st 2lbs (45.4kg) lost in total now!
te you are now..." health check. This was about 2 months after I'd started Slimming World. Glucose came out at 5.8mmol/L - the higher end of non-diabetic but still acceptable, LDL was 2.59 (should ideally be 3 or below apparently) and HDL was 1.23 (should be above 1) so thankfully also within spec. My only issue at the time was BP which was running high (unsurprising given my size back then). It's come down significantly with weight loss, better diet and exercise; my RHR Is now mid-to-low 50s, even at 20st.Speaking of, I dropped another 1.5lbs (0.7kg) last week taking me to 20st 0.5lbs (127.2kg). I actually dipped into the teens yesterday but it's today's weigh-in that counts! 7st 2lbs (45.4kg) lost in total now!
Edited by Funk on Friday 22 May 12:46
I've heard a few times that it's actually quite difficult to get yourself out of 'weight loss' mode when you've been doing it for so long Rob. At least you're aware of it and can actively work on it!
I maintained this week; on Sunday it looked like it would be a small gain but by weigh-in on Monday I was back to where I was the week before; good enough! My PT also messaged me that he's starting up outdoor sessions now the restrictions have been eased so it's time to start getting myself back into exercise as I've let that slide almost entirely. Should be a good shock to the system and kick-start the next phase of weight loss as I drop into the teens.
I maintained this week; on Sunday it looked like it would be a small gain but by weigh-in on Monday I was back to where I was the week before; good enough! My PT also messaged me that he's starting up outdoor sessions now the restrictions have been eased so it's time to start getting myself back into exercise as I've let that slide almost entirely. Should be a good shock to the system and kick-start the next phase of weight loss as I drop into the teens.
Smitters said:
Rather than focus on the numbers, and assuming you're eating healthy food, are you actually feeling hungry?
Also worth noting, the variation in weight average week to week you have there is 200g, so about half a cup of tea. In essence, ignore actual numbers and look at a trend over a longer term (weeks, not days) to avoid day to day (overall hydration, for example), hour to hour (pre and post meal) or even minute to minute variations (a big pee would be 500g).
Really good points there too Smitters!Also worth noting, the variation in weight average week to week you have there is 200g, so about half a cup of tea. In essence, ignore actual numbers and look at a trend over a longer term (weeks, not days) to avoid day to day (overall hydration, for example), hour to hour (pre and post meal) or even minute to minute variations (a big pee would be 500g).
Well done Dan and Stu!
Slow update from me - another 0.5lbs (0.2kg) loss last week taking me to 20st (127kg) on the nose. Total lost is now 7st 2.5lbs (45.6kg).
What's telling about the struggle for most of my group is that that was enough to win me 'Slimmer of the Week' as well - others had a slightly greater loss (ie. 2lbs or so) but in order to win SotW you have to have also lost or maintained the week before (which I did).
Still finding it elusive dropping into the 19st bracket at the moment though, but it'll happen.
Slow update from me - another 0.5lbs (0.2kg) loss last week taking me to 20st (127kg) on the nose. Total lost is now 7st 2.5lbs (45.6kg).
What's telling about the struggle for most of my group is that that was enough to win me 'Slimmer of the Week' as well - others had a slightly greater loss (ie. 2lbs or so) but in order to win SotW you have to have also lost or maintained the week before (which I did).
Still finding it elusive dropping into the 19st bracket at the moment though, but it'll happen.
danpalmer1993 said:
124.9kg this morning which means I have broken the 20kg lost barrier. Birthday tomorrow so takeaway and a few beers but will be my first takeaway in lockdown so doesn't feel too bad.
You've done great Dan; we started the year at identical weights and you're a good 2kg lighter than I am (I'm down 17.9kg this year).A 'maintain' for me this week - not bad given that I've had the week off work and the urge to snack seems to be inversely proportional to how busy I am...!
Well done to all those who've seen great results the last week or two!
Small loss for me last week, 0.5lb (0.2kg) which sees me drop into the 19st bracket finally - 19st 13.5lbs (126.8kg). Seem to have plateaued for a while but I'm confident that I'll start seeing larger losses again over the next few weeks.
They say to track measurements as well as weight and one of the things I've noticed is that I'm now needing to notch my Fitbit up further and further. When I bought it in January it was on the 2nd notch from the end, today it's on the 6th. Unless the strap's stretched a lot for some reason, that's a 2.5cm reduction in wrist circumference in 6 months.
Small loss for me last week, 0.5lb (0.2kg) which sees me drop into the 19st bracket finally - 19st 13.5lbs (126.8kg). Seem to have plateaued for a while but I'm confident that I'll start seeing larger losses again over the next few weeks.
They say to track measurements as well as weight and one of the things I've noticed is that I'm now needing to notch my Fitbit up further and further. When I bought it in January it was on the 2nd notch from the end, today it's on the 6th. Unless the strap's stretched a lot for some reason, that's a 2.5cm reduction in wrist circumference in 6 months.
Chris Type R said:
I've made the mistake of buying a new 'smart' scale. Not only does it weight a kilo heavier, while at the same time making my wallet lighter, it has also produced some stats which are unsatisfactory - like high BF, high visceral fat.
It's also suggested a target 5kg lower.
Don't like it
Ignorance was bliss, eh? It's also suggested a target 5kg lower.
Don't like it
I did calibrate my scales with my dumbells - they're spot on for weight but I wouldn't put too much stock in the BF stuff. Even the ultra-expensive one at my gym has varying results. As I understand it, the only way to really get BF is with calipers, taking an average of multiple measurement points over the body.Completely forgot to update this myself last week too - down 1lb (0.4kg) last week and a maintain for this one which I'm happy with.
Takes me to 19st 12.5lbs (126.3kg), down 7st 4lbs (46.3kg).
Welcome to all the folks checking in for the first time and well done to all those seeing good results too!
Takes me to 19st 12.5lbs (126.3kg), down 7st 4lbs (46.3kg).
Welcome to all the folks checking in for the first time and well done to all those seeing good results too!
Wasn't a great week for me: +1lb taking me to 19st 13.5lbs (126.7kg) again.
Have realised I've subconsciously hit the '7st loss' and 'under 20st' marks and taken a bit of a break as it were. The graph tells the truth:
I dropped under 20st back on the 15th June and have bobbled about a bit since then. I've not been sticking to things 100% and it shows.
Well I've had my breather after 10 months of being strict; time to get back on it and aim for the 7.5st loss goal... I think once the gym's back open again it'll be easier to get back in the mindset too.
Have realised I've subconsciously hit the '7st loss' and 'under 20st' marks and taken a bit of a break as it were. The graph tells the truth:
I dropped under 20st back on the 15th June and have bobbled about a bit since then. I've not been sticking to things 100% and it shows.
Well I've had my breather after 10 months of being strict; time to get back on it and aim for the 7.5st loss goal... I think once the gym's back open again it'll be easier to get back in the mindset too.
Edited by Funk on Tuesday 7th July 19:19
WindyCommon said:
Piginapoke said:
Great that you are making progress but 4-5K calories burned through exercise per week is not that much- be careful what you eat!
Interesting.That's 5-7 hours of cycling (training not just bimbling, mainly tempo/threshold rides) plus two rounds / seven hours of golf carrying my clubs each week. That's a reasonable volume and intensity of exercise for 52 year old isn't it?
Roughly I was burning an extra 12,000 cals/week from training, doing 8-9 gym sessions a week.
Piginapoke said:
Funk said:
I'm 41 but when I was at the gym I was averaging a total burn of 4400 a day - here's a grab from the week before it all got shut down:
Roughly I was burning an extra 12,000 cals/week from training, doing 8-9 gym sessions a week.
Blimey Funk! Are you going back to the gym this week?Roughly I was burning an extra 12,000 cals/week from training, doing 8-9 gym sessions a week.
Meanwhile back to a loss on Monday's weigh-in - down another 1.5lbs (0.7kg) taking me to 19st 12lbs (126kg). Total lost is 7st 4.5lbs (46.6kg).
Slowly but surely...
Edit: spoke to my PT about the gym stuff - he reckons wait and see how it plays out. We're kicking off my sessions again tomorrow night but outdoors and getting back into training again after 4 months of....not.
Edited by Funk on Wednesday 15th July 17:05
Late check-in for me from Monday - up 0.5lb, however it appears this was DOMS related from kicking off the training again last Thursday (I was actually up 4lbs on Saturday from last week!) with the muscles holding water. That put me back on 19st 12.5lbs (126.2kg) The training fking killed me and it wasn't even that intensive!
However, a weigh-in this morning had me at 19st 10lbs which is more promising - it shows how complex the body's systems can be and why we should still look at our weight loss trends in the longer term.
king killed me and it wasn't even that intensive! However, a weigh-in this morning had me at 19st 10lbs which is more promising - it shows how complex the body's systems can be and why we should still look at our weight loss trends in the longer term.
Edited by Funk on Thursday 23 July 22:30
Carl_Manchester said:
Funk said:
Late updates for me from last week and tonight - was down 0.5lbs last week and another 1lb off this week taking me to 19st 11lbs (125.6kg). 7st 5.5lbs (47kg) now lost in total.
Slow and steady.
Maximum respect Funk keep on chipping away at it mate.Slow and steady.
Edited by Funk on Tuesday 4th August 00:55
I put on 6kgs during lockdown, shifting it is going to be an awful, painful, 6 week experience. I had shifted it all by the end of March and put it all back on during lockdown.
While it's working for me, I'll continue to do it.
I'm sure you'll shift that 6kg soon enough too, keep plugging away at it!Edit: Just seen my BMI is now 38; it was 53 a year ago!
Edited by Funk on Wednesday 5th August 22:55
Robmarriott said:
Check your BMR (not BMI) online, using your new weight. It might be that you’re now eating the right amount of calories to maintain weight rather than lose more.
Or, it could just be that it often does plateau for a short time while your body adjusts to the new regime. If it’s used to x amount of calories and you’re giving it less, you often get a period of time where your body tries to hold on to them for longer. That will sort itself out but I’d check the BMR too.
Good recommendation Rob.Or, it could just be that it often does plateau for a short time while your body adjusts to the new regime. If it’s used to x amount of calories and you’re giving it less, you often get a period of time where your body tries to hold on to them for longer. That will sort itself out but I’d check the BMR too.
In the current temps it could also be something as straightforward as short-term water retention.
I was up 0.5lb last Monday, forgot to update - so was at 19st 11.5lbs (125.8kg) as of the 10th.
However I seem to be up another couple of lbs again since my training session on Friday night - I think re-starting training and water retention in the heat has had an impact. My diet hasn't altered (and I've stuck with it for long enough and got the results to show that I'm not bullstting!) so they're the only other real variables I can think of. I've also been back in the office Tues/Weds/Thurs for the last couple of weeks so even changes to sleep pattern could be playing a part - I'm getting up about 90 mins earlier now than I had been for the previous 4 months..!
I'm just going to stick with controlling the diet, keep easing back into the training and track what happens. PT had me doing HIIT Friday night; I was fked by the end of it...!
However I seem to be up another couple of lbs again since my training session on Friday night - I think re-starting training and water retention in the heat has had an impact. My diet hasn't altered (and I've stuck with it for long enough and got the results to show that I'm not bulls
tting!) so they're the only other real variables I can think of. I've also been back in the office Tues/Weds/Thurs for the last couple of weeks so even changes to sleep pattern could be playing a part - I'm getting up about 90 mins earlier now than I had been for the previous 4 months..!I'm just going to stick with controlling the diet, keep easing back into the training and track what happens. PT had me doing HIIT Friday night; I was f
ked by the end of it...!As expected I was up 2lbs on Monday's weigh in - back to 19st 13.5lbs (126.8kg).
The annoying thing is that I seem to have aggravated my chest and shoulder with the training I did on Friday, been in quite a bit of pain whenever I move. I went into it with a bit of pain in my rib but chose to 'push through it' which evidently was the wrong thing to do. Keeping on track with diet, will see how it all pans out this week.
The annoying thing is that I seem to have aggravated my chest and shoulder with the training I did on Friday, been in quite a bit of pain whenever I move. I went into it with a bit of pain in my rib but chose to 'push through it' which evidently was the wrong thing to do. Keeping on track with diet, will see how it all pans out this week.
Edited by Funk on Monday 24th August 22:05
Cheeky check-in this morning and normal service is resumed; am already back to 19st 11lbs. Have postponed the PT session tonight as my shoulder/back is still not good at all; I was trying to think of things I could do that would avoid those muscles but even a deep breath is painful so resting up it is.
Firstly welcome to the new posters here - it's gone a little quiet as the year's rolled on (and lockdown/covid is no doubt responsible for a lot of wagoneers falling off..) but I and several others are still here plugging away...
As the OP I apologise for my own lax efforts over the last couple of weeks. Kinda needed a bit of working out how to post and I was lazy. Slimming World restarted two weeks ago which meant weighing in a) in the evening rather than the morning, b) wearing clothes and shoes and c) their scales not mine so I was trying to work out how to best approach it. Do I use their measurements going forward or continue mine etc?
Anyway, I weighed in at SW again last week at 20st 0.5lbs - 127.2kg. It was, in all fairness, roughly where I expected it to be as I'm always 2-3lbs heavier in the evenings and clothing/trainers adds a further 3lbs. However, my scales actually overread theirs by 2lb so that should write off the morning/evening factor at least..! I'll continue to use SW measurements from here on in just because I think it's easier.
So all that said that means last week (31st) shows a 2.5lb gain (previous weight was 19st 12lbs/126kg although that's a morning reading in my pants on my scales) and I maintained this week (7th).
I was also back in the gym on Saturday, and holy crap it kicked my arse. My nemesis, the FitQuest machine, says that since the last reading on 13th Feb I've dropped from 141.8kg to 127kg (14.8kg loss). My BF % and muscle % remain the same at 32% and 37% respectively. Again, all this was pretty much expected and the overall win is that I lost nearly 15kg total over that 7-month period.
PT & I decided to re-run the 1-rep max benchmarks (last one was 18th Jan) to find out the current state of play - with some not-horrendous results given I've not done any significant exercise since mid-March:
I need to re-do my plank and Cooper run as well, didn't have time at the last session. The most noticeable change was the decrease in cardio fitness - I used to be able to row easily for 45 mins, cover ~12km and my heart rate was rock-steady at 145-150bpm. However even 5 mins warm-up on the rower on Saturday saw my heart rate soar to 185+ and I was really feeling the energy drain away after a few mins...
Evidently I have quite a bit to do to get back to where I was but I need to get my head in the right place to go back to being at the gym at 06:30 every morning and 3 evenings/week. The other issue is that they're even busier at peak times than they used to be (when I would want to go after work etc) so I'd not even be certain of getting in when I get there. This may be alleviated when they go 24hr again as opposed to 6am-10pm as they are now.
I'm keeping the diet side of things on-plan and will scale up the gym stuff slowly again, mainly with an eye on cardio. One of the reasons my shoulder press was so crap was because I could feel myself going light-headed and decided not to over-do things too much. Shoulders and arms are my weak spot though, they're a target area going forward.
All in all it's not disastrous though and I'm looking forward to getting back in the groove with it all.
As the OP I apologise for my own lax efforts over the last couple of weeks. Kinda needed a bit of working out how to post and I was lazy. Slimming World restarted two weeks ago which meant weighing in a) in the evening rather than the morning, b) wearing clothes and shoes and c) their scales not mine so I was trying to work out how to best approach it. Do I use their measurements going forward or continue mine etc?
Anyway, I weighed in at SW again last week at 20st 0.5lbs - 127.2kg. It was, in all fairness, roughly where I expected it to be as I'm always 2-3lbs heavier in the evenings and clothing/trainers adds a further 3lbs. However, my scales actually overread theirs by 2lb so that should write off the morning/evening factor at least..! I'll continue to use SW measurements from here on in just because I think it's easier.
So all that said that means last week (31st) shows a 2.5lb gain (previous weight was 19st 12lbs/126kg although that's a morning reading in my pants on my scales) and I maintained this week (7th).
I was also back in the gym on Saturday, and holy crap it kicked my arse. My nemesis, the FitQuest machine, says that since the last reading on 13th Feb I've dropped from 141.8kg to 127kg (14.8kg loss). My BF % and muscle % remain the same at 32% and 37% respectively. Again, all this was pretty much expected and the overall win is that I lost nearly 15kg total over that 7-month period.
PT & I decided to re-run the 1-rep max benchmarks (last one was 18th Jan) to find out the current state of play - with some not-horrendous results given I've not done any significant exercise since mid-March:
| Bench Press | Date | 1RM | % Change |
| 21/11/19 | 39kg | - | |
| 18/01/20 | 51kg | +30% | |
| 05/09/20 | 54kg | +6% | |
| Leg Press | Date | 1RM | % Change |
| 21/11/19 | - | - | |
| 18/01/20 | 395kg | - | |
| 05/09/20 | 345kg | -13% | |
| Shoulder Press | Date | 1RM | % Change |
| 21/11/19 | 41kg | - | |
| 18/01/20 | 43kg | +5% | |
| 05/09/20 | 35kg | -18% |
I need to re-do my plank and Cooper run as well, didn't have time at the last session. The most noticeable change was the decrease in cardio fitness - I used to be able to row easily for 45 mins, cover ~12km and my heart rate was rock-steady at 145-150bpm. However even 5 mins warm-up on the rower on Saturday saw my heart rate soar to 185+ and I was really feeling the energy drain away after a few mins...
Evidently I have quite a bit to do to get back to where I was but I need to get my head in the right place to go back to being at the gym at 06:30 every morning and 3 evenings/week. The other issue is that they're even busier at peak times than they used to be (when I would want to go after work etc) so I'd not even be certain of getting in when I get there. This may be alleviated when they go 24hr again as opposed to 6am-10pm as they are now.
I'm keeping the diet side of things on-plan and will scale up the gym stuff slowly again, mainly with an eye on cardio. One of the reasons my shoulder press was so crap was because I could feel myself going light-headed and decided not to over-do things too much. Shoulders and arms are my weak spot though, they're a target area going forward.
All in all it's not disastrous though and I'm looking forward to getting back in the groove with it all.
Edited by Funk on Thursday 10th September 00:34
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